November 12th

“Dang, it was nice that we didn’t have to gut it out in the last few minutes to win,” said running back Hester, the former Shreveport Evangel Academy star whose 87-yard scoot gave his team a 30-point (37-7) advantage and turned out to be the fifth- longest run from scrimmage in school history. “We needed this. We deserved to have a game where it didn’t drive us crazy to win it.”
When mini-running back Trindon Holliday (5-5, 160) scored on a 16-yard run with 9:20 left in the game, it gave LSU its first 50-or-more points in a game since a rout over North Texas two years ago.

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A 2007 Freightliner 18-wheeler was stopped in traffic in the lane in front of Best, Davis said. When Best saw the 18-wheeler, he attempted to stop and swerved to the left, but he could not avoid hitting the rear of the truck.
Eric Brazzel, Ruston Fire Department’s public education officer, responded to the wreck and said traffic on that stretch of interstate had been stop-and-go all day Thursday.
“We got called to the scene to find a pickup truck had rear-ended an 18-wheeler,” Brazzel said. “The occupant of the pickup truck was partially ejected.”

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November 9th

But add in the fact that it will also be homecoming for the Bayou Bengals on Saturday night and, well, it doubles the difficulty factor.
That’s the situation confronting Louisiana Tech University, which will be playing what it hopes will be the role of an Appalachian State team based in Lincoln Parish.

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Les Violons du Roy, a world-renowned group of about 16 musicians from Québec City, Canada, transformed Stone Theatre in the Howard Center for the Performing Arts into the Metropolitan Opera House in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City with its vibrant performance.
Musicians played violins, violas, cellos, double bass and harpsichord while performing chamber orchestra music inspired by works of the Baroque and Classical periods, along with singers Karina Gauvin, soprano, and Robin Blaze, countertenor.

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He said the facility, as it is now, is in its first phase, with phase two allowing for future expansion of the high-bay lab and research and office space additions. He said also the facility has been principally funded by industry contributions from around the country.
Sterling said the trenchless technology department at Tech has collaborated with the city of Ruston on a number of studies, and Ruston uses transfer technology and what is called “pipe bursting” to replace underground pipes.

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November 8th

“There have been a couple of cases on the news where there have been deaths from this type of bacteria, and we wanted parents to know what to look for,” Cardwell said. “We are requiring students and school employees with anything that looks (suspicious) to get a doctor to look at it, and they have to have a doctor’s note before they can come back to school.”
Cardwell said the two afflicted with MRSA in the school system were treated with aggressive antibiotics.
She said a staph infection may vary in size, resemble a spider bite or pimple and progressively worsen.

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No surprise: head coach Aldredge and his assistants have been mentioning that game a few times during the course of this week, given the fact that — surprise, surprise — it’s the Lions (4-6, 3-2) who will be providing an initial round obstacle for the Creekers once again. The two clubs meet here Friday at 7 p.m.
Sure, it’s a different year along with some different players.
But a loss like that one where your season comes to a crashing halt, it stays with you.

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No surprise: head coach Aldredge and his assistants have been mentioning that game a few times during the course of this week, given the fact that — surprise, surprise — it’s the Lions (4-6, 3-2) who will be providing an initial round obstacle for the Creekers once again. The two clubs meet here Friday at 7 p.m.
Sure, it’s a different year along with some different players.
But a loss like that one where your season comes to a crashing halt, it stays with you.

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The Trenchless Technology Center specializes in the installation and repair of underground utilities without moving a large amount of soil.
The center boasts an industry advisory board that includes municipalities like New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Atlanta, Shreveport, Ruston and the King County Agency, which handles the regional wastewater collection and management in the Seattle area.

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